Craven County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Craven County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Craven County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 147 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 19% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.

Craven County holds about 0.9% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Craven County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,822 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Craven County	17.6 min	35.3 min	147 hrs/yr	$4,555	1,096
North Carolina	21.8 min	43.6 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,630	1,609
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: North Carolina Counties

Compare commute times among different counties

On average, it takes 17.6 minutes to get to work in Craven County. That's 22% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 94% of counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 6.8% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 88.9%
• Worked at Home: 6.8%
• Other: 1.8%
• Walked: 1.7%
• Motorcycle: 0.4% unusually high
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is unusually common in Craven County: 3.9 times more than the North Carolina average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Craven County: 3.2 times less than the North Carolina average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Craven County: 4.2 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

How does Craven County's commute time compare?

Metric	Craven County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.6 min	21.8 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.8%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Craven County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau